Field observation on the efficacy of Toxorhynchites splendens (Wiedemann) as a biocontrol agent against Aedes albopictus (Skuse) larvae in a cemetery

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-319

  Nyamah, M A ^a,b   Sulaiman, S ^b   Omar, B ^b  

^a Jalan Ayer Molek   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREDATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CEMETERIES; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052178126     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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